The Sun. — London, England, 1809-09-21 00:00:00

.1 z OLD BAILEY. Yesterday the Sessions were commenced before Sir JOHN BAILEY, Sir. GEORGE Wcbot.), -Mr. Jus tice HEATH, the RECORDER, and other City tic rs. Sarah Gannet:or was arraigned for having.otfered in payment for some goods, a forged note of the Westham and Essex Bank. The substance of the evidence was, that the Pri• snner. on the 25th or August last, went into a mer cer's shop in the city to purchase some remnants, which ; she said, her mistress, who was a charitable woman, meant to give to the poor. She purchased two _pieces for five shillings, and tendered the note question, observing, that.sorne tradeSmen had be lore refused it, because it was a country note. The shopkeeper desired her to wait till he should make inquiry as to the credit of the batik, which he did, and 1-arning that it was of no value, he had her t ken Into cus!odv. Several witnesses proved, that there was no such firm as Drivis and Co. who signed the note;in existence at \Vestham. • The Le trued JUDGE declined calling upon the - Prisoner for any defence, and dire&ed the Jury to acq , lit her, as she had told the Prosecutor of other people having refused the note before she tendered it to him—Acquitted. Joseph Godfrey, a private in the East London Mi litia, was indicted for having 'burglariausly entered dweltingslloese of Hannah Webb, and stealing thereoet six shirts,. valued at 41. on the 18th August last. The prosecutrix stated, that on the day men tioned, she left her house about twelve o'clock, af ter having locked the door, and fastened the win dows. She returned at one, and found an iron peg, which fastened one of the windows, had been re moved, and that the. shirts had been taken away. Several, witnesses swore that they saw the Prisoner pass from the house on that day, with a bundle un der his arm, but they could net shy what it con tained. He was taken into custody next day, but, none of the shirts could be found.-4cquitted. Hannah Beeson was indicted for having burglari ousl) entered the lodgings of Robert Biggins, near Bethnal Green, on the - 4th July last, and robbing it of a silver watch, chain, and key, valued at 255. It appeared from the evidence, that tho. Prisoner and "Ailra. Biggins were in the house together, and. went out together, when the latter hung the . key upon the door that the Prisoner returned - alone, took the key, and stole the watch from the mantle piece; which she pledged fora guinea, and got herself very drunk withi.eart of the.money. Information-of the transaction having been received; a constable was sent for to take her into custody, and the duplicate, and twelve shillings and some haffpeuce; were found upon her person. The Prisoner in her defence stated, that the Prose cntor's wife had given her permission to pledge the watch, but that sbe was to return the cOttey:. Guiity. Mary Taylor, a girl - of 13 years of age, was in diEted for stealing a horse and cart, the property of Elizabeth Thomas, a green grocer, in - Rosemary- . lane. The evidence was, that the prosecutor's danghter, on the 29th of September last, went to Spitalfields .Market to purchase some vegetables; when she lett the cart a short while, and on her return she found that some person had driven it away. On the same morning, the prisoner was observed driving it to-- wards Mile End Turnpike, when it stuck fast in the mud. Some passengers helped her to disentangle it, to whom she stated, that the horse belonged to her father, and the cart to another person. On coming to the toll-bar, the toll-man refused to let her pass, unless she paid sixpence, when she asserted that it had been paid before. Finding him obstinate, she unharnessed the horse, left the cart in an adjoin. ing field, and took the horse away ; the horse and cast were afterwards found, and put into Whitecha pel pound. - Being - called upon for her defence she eried bitterly, and dented having taken them away. The Jury found her—Guilty, Richard Oakden, whose trial was, at his own re quest, postponed from the last Sessions, was con of having committed an unnatural crime. on Thomas Se:tgar, a youth of fifteen, who had lately come float the country, and was the Prosecutor. — The young man .gave his evidence in a plain and distinct manner, and was corroborated by other wit; nesses upon the collateral circumstances. The Pri soner's conclua in ensnaring the young man, was, throughout, most all - et:ions and abominable.. The man, notwithstanding the shocking nature of his offence, behaved with great - indifference during the CLEITA! - EAIVELL SESSIONS, SEPT. 20. THE KING V. SHAW AND OTHERS. , This was an iiidament against a Sheriff's officer, • employed in levying an execution, the broker em ployed in selling the goods, and the other Defend ants, who were employed therein as their servants. The indiiiment charged -thetas with riotously and, unlawfully assembling, and tearing and otherwise injuring the carpets, and other furniture, the pro perty, and in the dwelling-house of Joseph Oliviere, and with assaulting Margaret, the wife of the said -Joseph. Mrs. Oliviere, in support tof this indiament, stated, that her husband is an artist, living in NII - and herself employed in executing fancy ar ticles and dresses, for Ladies of the first fashion. Oa the 23d of December last, having been from hotue, on her return between seven and eight in the - evening, she found an execution had been lodged in her husband's house, and a person in possession ; on the next day, being Saturday, she went out between three .and four in the afternoon, for the-purpose of trying to have the matter settled, 'and returned home about nine ; she then found a number of men, from twelve to sixteen, of whom the Defendants (eight in number) were a part, in the house. Thei,vvere busied in all partS of the house, in colleaing the furniture, tearing 'up the carpets, openi6g her drawers, and taking out her clothes. She requested them to stop, as she expeeed a Gen tleman would come within an hour, for the purpose of settling the business. They, however, proceed ed in their work of preparing the things for re moval, when she declared she would not safe!: the •- goof's to be removed nut cf whAOnt-first having an inventory taken of thetn. They persisted in their preparaii-Jn to remove the goods ; andtpon herstill opposing them, they sent for a constable, to whom they gave•her in charge; but lie refused to take her into custody, as it did not apl.ear she had keen guilty of any offence. About twelve o'clock, she retired to the house of her next-door neighbour ; from whence she returned to her boUse between three and four of the Sunday morning. She then saw a cart at the door— , -her shop was *entirely str pt. of all the goods it contained; the cart was filled with them ; and some were lying on the pavement before the door. The party went away before three o'closk her furniture was all removed even to her beds, there not being• one, out of sis, left for her Children to sleep upon. \She could - not state the value of the articles , taken, as her stock consisted in articles chiefly in the fancy line ; including a va riety of fancy'w arks', the-property of her .Majesty, her Royal highness the Duchess of YOrk, _Lady Mary Erskine; and a number of other fernales of the first rank and fashion, which she was honoured with the execution of ; including alsci her husband's . paintings and property, as 311 artist. In the course' of the night„ some of the defendants, she could 'not state which, had torn her pelisse • off her. She- was very ill afterwards.—Upon her cross-exaMination, she denied having behaved with any vii ence in opposing the removal of the things, or that . , she had produced koife, or threatened to stab any person who should remove them, or had said she would wade up to her knees in blood, before 'she would suffer them to be removed, Or any words to that effea. She acknowledged she_ had locked the street door; declaring she 'would not s u f. fer the goods to be relnoved without, first , having an inventory ; that no pet - Son came for the purpose of settling the business as she had promised; and that though she had part of the amount of the execution in her pocket (b 61.) she had net te n .: dered it to any of them, though she wanted Them to stay the removal of the goods till the- Monday . . ger daughter, a child of twelve years of age, and two young women in her erniluy, ga . v.e testiwony to the material circurnsiances of her evidence. . Pethering; the ,Constable who was sent for to take her into custodr, stated; he revised to do so, as he thought he would - not be justihed in so doing- - , - as he conceived she had a right to what she demanded, an inventory of the goods Wrote they were removed. He' described' tholaking' of them Out of the house, as like' a removal iti the case . of are. To this charge the defence was, that they were lawfully-employed in executing the King's writ; that with resped to the removing the goods at so late an hour on the Saturday ni*glit, it was owing to an indulgence, in order to allow the matter to, be settled; but that not being the case, they were forced to proceed, as, had they delayed till the Mon day' following, the landlord's rent becoMing due on the Sunday' (the . 2bib); he would have levied a dis tress, and by thus ousting them of the fiuits of their execution, the Sheriff, that is, his Ortieer, would have become liable to the amount of the execution Which he should have delayed to levy. With re spect to the alleged, assault, it was contended, that was exactly the reverse, as Mrs, Oliviere had behav ed in the most-outrageous manner, in opposing the removal of the goods. , To prove this case, the writ to the Sheriff, and his warrant to his Officer, were put in and proved. It was 'also sworn by two of the persons employed in removing the goods, that Mrs.Oliviere behaved with great violence, that she drew a knife, End threatened to stick it into any man who should attempt to re move an article, and that ther4;itre the constable was sent for, It was further sworn, that her pelisse was torn in her attempt to stop cue wan in carrying a bed down the stairs. The Learned Chairman (Mr. MAnAwAattic), in summing up the evidence to the Jury, observed; the question they had to decide was, whether an act, le gal in itself, was illegally performed The carry ing away the goods under the execution was certain ly lawful, but as certainly they were bound to do so with as little damage as possible, as the Defendant in the execution was entitled to any surplds aftej paying the amount of the execution. An inventory was certainly held by some not to be absolutely ne cessary- in law; but still it was usual, both fur • the safety and benefit of both parties. AnOther thing, was, officers were bound to execute their warrants at a seasonable hour, which, in his judgment, was not the case here. The Jury found all the Priioners guilty except two,- who were not identified ; and the Court zienv tenced the Sheriff's Officer and his followers to be confined one week, and. thp Broker, who appeared most active, to he confined a fortnight. SIR/HS' On the I tth inst. at Plantation, the L2dy of Li. me Colonel Patterson, of the zist Foot, or Royal North oritam P'usileers, of a Daughter. . _ On the 18th inst. at Hubbourni• Hants, the Lady of Henry 'Filson, of Watlington Park, Oxon, Esq• oz a 1)1" — ter. 'Yesterday morning, at his house in CheYoe-waikt Clle" sea, the wife of the Rev. Weeden Butler, jun. of a Soh. At Patton, near Norwich, the Lady of the Right 11°1 ' G. Herbert, ()la Daughter. At ry a o r t e l lia i t iig t er l : auy. ok Captain Mends; or the Royal /Wise Xitt. v,,,0f On the v3th inst. at Niddry, john Sp . ottiswor.de..'-"• spottiswoode, to liss Helen Wauch o p e , secon d daug litcr ° Andrew Wauchope, Esq. of Niddry Alarischal. ; s read, B e jf o rd..row,. I.liss.lierrriet ta youngest On the r9th inst. Joseph Maerly, Esq. or K a ug hter ut '"? )amen Serle; Esc'. of liishppst o k e , H ams _ da D I a D. ---, - On Monday last, at Ryde, in the Isle of Wight, Mis• Hodgson, the wife of the Rev. Edward liodgon, Vicar of Riainiansvvorth, Hens. The.Samo morning, droirped down dead, whilst dressi,g, Mrs. 13uelde, wife of J. Buckle, Esq.. of Hctli er sett, one of the Aldermen of Norwich . This Lady had been pr eviously indisposed, but• her su dd e n diss o luti o n was as u nexpected as aillithug to her family. She was a daughter of the late E. -De Hague, , Esq. and sister to Colonel De liague. Lately, in Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish Hon. Abraham Creighton, only brother to the Earl of Erne, of Crum Castle, Ireland. r On Wednesday murn;ng, at the hc _se of his broth& •America-srluare, Sir William Douglas, Barr. of Castle P" bias, aged. 64. of Mr' On the 9th inst. Mr. George Patch Wyatt, nephe w William Patch, of in;bury-street crnith, a On the 16th inst. at Portsmouth, Mr. Charles to the Merchant in the Island of Curacoa. He-tell r-y, - . s quare, the erects of a long residence in the West Indies, and only A r vived until he was landed in his native county: after 2 ' S Y absence loin it. On the t i7th inst. in the 95: Mrs. , a h year of her age , Hopegoott. • • POLICE. UNioN-HALL•-7-Joh/s Parson', apprehended by 'Goff and Collingbourn, was yesterday charged with breaking ope.i the honse of Mr. William 'Walker, of . Kent-street, and stealing a quantity of wearing ap parel and some money. He was fully committed for trial. genry Goodwin was charged with committing a rape on the body of Susanna Reeve, a child under twelve years of age, and was fully committed for trial. Joseph Hammond, a razor-grinder, was charged with an assault on James Cooper, a boy about ten years of age. It appeared, that on Saturday last, the Defendant's barrow, which he left in the Street whilst he went into a public-house to take a glass with a travelling earthen-ware-man, was thrown over.' Being informed of the overthrow of the bar row, he sallied out, accompanied by his' friend the earthenware-man, in pursuit of the offenders ; this zealous friend fixed on the Plaintiff as being the per son who had committed, this trespass, and whoM he immediately conveyed to his friend. The enraged knife-grinder seized the poor boy by the ears, and tore one Of: them nearly from his head. It appeared in evidence, that it was not the boy, tut some other person who overthrew the barrow. The MACtsTRATE observed, that , it was a nioai crueLassault, and,, unless they. could find bail s he should commit both of them till the Sessions. They were both committed. L(,)NDON Printed by RI CHARD HARRIS, of No. 4, Minlett-court, Bow-streut ; and Pcblisbcd by AV I 1.1 AM A RMI G R SCRIPPS, South Molton street, G wzveno At the Stnti-OEPtee, No. 11R, Strand; whari - licivertiirifiwits, Orders tor the Paper Letters for the Editor, &c. (post-paia), must ba addresd. ti/: CASTE/t ASS/ZPS. The trials being concluded,. Mr. hstiCe C HAM BR eroteeded to pass sentence; when Gilbert Hu.. den, Jame 4. Cudworth, Lawrence Law; James Smith ) Bobert Hartley, and James Draper, all capitally convieted,.for selling forged Bank notes, were placed at the Bar. His Lordship lamented, that, after the serious warning by a recent punishment, particularly in this. county, there having been seven executed for a similar offence at the last assizes, he should see such a number at the bar again, and tour others for minor offences of a similar nature ; but some cir cumstances had induced the agents for the Bank not to proceed capitally against them. A more perni cious crime than forget* could not, be committed, as it had a tendency to prevent .and injtire that com merce by which this country enjoys all its blessings. It was proved they were wholesale dealers, and very nearly connthed with the fabricators. They had endeavoured.to make others guilty of the same of fence; as they supposed the two tradesmen employed by the Bank to dettlZ.'t them were as culpable as themselves. He could not distinguish any diffe renCe between- their cases, excepting with Draper, who appeared more connected with the fabricator than any of the rest. His Lordship advised / them not to exped any triercy from the Crown ; he should think it a breach of his duty if he recom- Merided it. He exhorted them not to flatter them selves by a short respite, but Make their peace with God, and to'repent of the injuries they had done to society.. With respect to the objeaions that had been taken by their Counsel as to the witnesses against them_being employed by the Bank, and hav ing asked or per uaded ,them to procure the forged notes for them, and as to the form ofithe indiament, it not being stated whom they tittered the notes to, he should submit to the Opinion of the Twelve ;lodges. 'lt would be some months before their de cisiou couid be known. His Lordship then plo nOunced the awful sentence of Death. jio.Lert Shepherd and John Scho f ield, convified of taking nibney from 4box belongin g ; to a friendly be nefit society. On this case his Cordship observed,. that the law had very wi,ely considered, that `‘ a rnan7s,house was his castle," and, for the protection of his person; as well as his goods, it was made a capital'offence, without benefit of clergy, to steal above the amount of fOrty shillings. There was no doubt but the aisoners were in confederacy w ith others, and had robbed other societies; who had col-, letlited their money for charitable purposes, and had deprived proper obje6ts of it. Their companion turning evidence, ought to prove to them, and' all concerned in dishonest praClices, that there was no dependebce to be placed upon such-confede racies. - His Lordship pronounced the awful sen tence: of the law, but respited them before he left the town. Patrick Keard, for robbing William Wyatt, on the King's highway, and Joseph Ward, for stealing a bill of exchange, the property of Ruth Holden ; his Lordship pronounced sentence of death upon thew, but respited them before he left the town. .' George Hogg, conviaed of bigamy. His Lord ; ship observed, that he deserved the greatest degree of punishment attached to the crime, as the happi -i mess of mankind depended upon the inviolability of the marriage state: His sentence was twelve months imprisonment in the Castle. Isaac Howarth, for robbing bleaching grounds. The Judge observed, that, as the prisoner had plead ; ed guilty to the indiarnent, it was not in his power to know any of the circumstances; it was a capital offence; but as the. law . allowed a discretion, the lowest he could go would be t 4 years' tranportation. There were three other indictments against the pri soner for similar offences. John Bullough, Lamlert Partington, and George Valentine, .convicted of stealing from the premises of John Aynscough, at. Blackrod, property -to a considerable amount. The Learned Judge said, they might think themselves very fortunate that the place where the property was stolen was not deemed the dwelling house. He considered Valentine's case different from the others; although it was not his tirst offence, but in this particular offence he went about it releaantly, and had in some de gree been forced into it by the others ; but after he had joined irr the robbery, `had confessed it to a fel low servant, and to the constable. He the r ef or e only sentenced him to \ i B months confinement in the house of correaioni Buliough and Partington, to seven years transportation. Joseph !hod, for stealing a bill of exchange for 301. at Manchester, originating in.a fraudulent gam bling transaaion, was sentenced to seven years trans portation. LIVERPOOL RIOTERS. Wm. Carter and Edmond Riley, found guilty of ri oting at Liverpool. The Learned Judge said, that the riots the Pri soners had been concerned in were of the most se rious and dangerous description, by pulling down houses of a very useful nature for per - sops employed iu theinvress service—in faCt they were absolutely, necessary. The Prisoners were connected with the sea service, and were in no danger of being pressed ;' so that their outrageous conduct was only wanton ness. It was fortunate for them they,had not been indiCted capitally for demolishing houses.. The Judge wished it to be publicly known, that all who were found in such unlawful assemblies were liable for the consequences ; and if murder had been com mitted, they would have been answerable. The Prisoners. and all the assembly had been repeatedly admonished to disperse ; but Carter attacker! the Police Otlicers ; and Riley was the most active in destroying and pulling down the houses.- Such con dad could not be passed over with impunity. He concluded with observing, that he was sorry to pass, sentence'on young men who might be useful to their families. They were sentenced to twelve months imprisonment. . . Cornelius Cannen and Anionic Silveredge, con vieted of a similar utFenc His Lordship said, that the conduel- of Cannon was, that be threw a stone, and assisted . in demo li,hing a house, and .by him the life and person of the Chief Magistrate were in danger, who had con duaed himself with so much courage, yet with mo deration, throughout the whole dangerous riots.— He could not distinguish between his case and the , . ... Pr'soner Silveredge's; ?Ink itithimgh lite was i 10- relner, yet, come from What country he would, he. must know be.was doing wronf,.—His:Lordship Sentenced them each to ten montht imprisonment. HOPS, CORN, &c. C-NTERBURY,Pr. Is. Ho!s.---The. picking in the vicini , y of this city commented on Thursday last, and more generally yesterday. It is taiely possible at present to form a judgment of the crop ; but on a rough estimation it would seem the produce- would be greater than at tirst expe6ted ; the quality is good, arid' many bright samples will p:obably be produced. Our accounts from the.Wealds of Kent and - Susseic state the crops in those parts as the best in the kingtlgun ; in gene ral the observation is, that those li.ounds wbicJi Were strong in bine when the vermin attacked them; have suffered least, and are in cousquence much itn proved.__ The Harvest in this country, with the exceptiorY of the crops on the hills, being now concluded, the following may be considered as an impartial estiriLite of - the produce : Wheat on the strong lands short in quantity, but good_in quality. Oh the-light and - cold lands a fair crop as to produce on those lands, bUt much irite....'ted with the collar or smut, and of course cannot make a_ good sample. .Some strong land*, which last year produced tour quarters an acre, do not this year ave rage more than three ; but - with resped to wei g ht, the quality is considered bet!er than that of last year. On the whole, from the various,accounts, the pro duce may be estimated at about ono-eighth short of what what is termed an average crop, taking the 'medium of an average crop at three quarters an acre. It, how ever, the quality of the clevel is generally stiperi°.r , the deficiency of the quantity may prcitrably be ob viated, so as to raise the produce of nutri me nt equ'll to that -of last year. Many sampleS of new Wheat were offered at our Market on Sa;urday, among which was one of B°. quarters. In general they were cold, and apPeared to have been got up too early,prime sample. brought from 105 S. to - I OSs. per quarter. Barley, which next to Wheat, is a staple prodtla', of this county, has afforded a fair crop, butn.as to" quality, and produce ; it is, however,, tery 'partial' in places, and has disappointed the expectations 4, many farmers, who expected, from . its appearance on the ground, a larger quantity; the same observa tions apply.to Oats, but, so feW are grown in Kent , that no just estimation can be formed Of the .crop comparatively' with the rest of the kinOom. Canary, a species of seed or grain p,:culiar to the' local distriCts of East Kent, is in a measure short irt: the-same proportion as the Wheat grown on strong lands, a soil - which is absolutely necessary f o r cultivation. Pease are admitted a good crop; and Beans, in every distria,.are universally acknowledged by thc oldest fanners to be the best podded with the longeit stalk they have ever witnessed'; and with r espect to this species of pulse, the crop may be considered as abundantly great. EXTRAORDI NA R Y EA TIN G.—ThITC porters wer e drhiking together`on Wednesday I-, a To' 0, when one of them, fbr the trifling wager of five stil l ,: dings, undertook to eat the'Vorsted stocki ng s *bi", the other two then had on , f r i e d i n tra i n oil, all", half a pound of yellow s o ap, by wa y o f b re ad - t°. this deleabble ragout. Strange to tell,- he - won i liS ' wager ! The same -feliow once before Undertook to • - tsit - ls much tripe as would make himself a jaclet ;' he was accordingly measured by a t a il or , a nd material cut out, when, to the gr e at . surprise of every one, he ate up the whole in l e s s than'twentY • minutes ! • On the 9th inst. Thmes Scott, keelman, and . James Wright, caster, having (panelled on board a! keel in Sunderland harbOur, the form er lithe scuff=was unfortunately thrown overboard and drowned. Wright made his escape, but ca me b ac k a nd surren dered himself on Sunday, when be was committed to gaol to take his trial for manslaughter., The de ceased has left a pregnant widow and kw" chd,tren. SHIP IVAIV.S. GRAVESEND, SEPTEMBER 19. Arrived—the Progress, Parish, 'from Martinique ; Porn pen,maica A ; raGnodvigeern,or Harcourt frnotPale . ru , ro • Vita Wilson ' awn la the Maria, Morta. from Cadiz. Sailed—the Valador, DobaMr;nl,eaann'd"l:l;bSertt. C and roix s ;ar .w 4 the Teasdell, for Lisbon ; Divina. Penny, for Oporto; and the Jess), Pattel l son, for Ma,!eira.